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Panhandle Scanner News · Oct 29, 2026 · 2m

What were you doing on this day in history 57 years ago?

It was October 29, 1969, when the first electronic message was sent over a computer system once known as ARPANET, now known as the Internet or World Wide Web. (although it crashed the system after two letters)

According to Scanner Traffic, at approximately 12.15 p.m. on Monday the 26th, the Scottsbluff Fire Department was dispatched to Rincon Latino at 1002 East Overland after dispatch received a third-party report of a gas leak within the commercial building. The Scottsbluff Fire Department confirmed that Engine 1, 3 and Scottsbluff 2…